List of Important Days and Dates 2024, National, International day

List of Important days and dates: Know the list of national and international days, special days, important days, and dates for selection exams.

Know the list of birthdays, death days, national and international days, important days month-wise special days, and more.

Each month has important days and dates that are significant from a national and international perspective.

These days are celebrated based on a significant event that took place on that day. In today’s world, knowing the important dates of each month has become very important for working in the government.

It not only provides you with an overview of important days but also enhances your knowledge and helps you prepare for selection exams like IAS, State PCS, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, Banking Exams, RRB, etc.

List of Important Days and Dates of January

January marks the beginning of the new annual calendar. Let us see all the important days and dates in January in the table below.

Dates	Events
1st January	English New Year
4th January	World Braille Day
5th January	National Birds Day
6th January	World War Orphans Day
8th January	African National Congress Foundation Day
9th January	Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (NRI Day)
10th January	World Hindi Day
11th January	Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
12th January	National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
15th January	Army Day
20th January	Penguin Awareness Day
23rd January	Netaji Subhash Chandra bose Birthday
24th January	National Girl Child Day
25th January	India Tourism Day National Voters Day
26th January	Republic Day of India International Customs Day
27th January	International Holocaust Day (The largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan 27, 1945)
28th January	Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
28th January	Data protection day KM Carriappa Day
30th January	Martyr’s Day (Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day) World Leprosy Eradication Day
31st January	International Zebra Day

List of Important Days and Dates of February

 The second month of the year is February. February has the shortest days in the year. It has 29 days in a leap year and 28 days when it is not a leap year.

The following are the important days in February. 

Dates	Events
1 February	Indian Coast Guard Day
2 February	World Wetlands Day
4 February	World Cancer Day
5 February  to 13 February	Kala Ghoda Festival
6 February	International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
6 February to 12 February	International Development Week
8 February	Safer Internet Day
10 February	National Deworming Day
10 February	World Pulses Day
11 February	World Day of the Sick
11 February	International Day of Women and Girls in Science
12 February	Darwin Day
12 February	Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
12 February	National Productivity Day
13 February	World Radio Day
13 February	Sarojini Naidu Birth Anniversary
14 February	Saint Valentine’s Day
18 February to 27 February	Taj Mahotsav
20 February	Arunachal Pradesh Foundation Day World Day of Social Justice
21 February	International Mother Language Day
22 February	World Thinking Day
24 February	Central Excise Day
27 February	World NGO Day
28 February	National Science Day Rare Disease Day

List of Important Days and Dates of March

March is the 3rd month of the year. March has a number of globally recognized days and dates. The following are the important days in this month:

Dates	Events
1 March	Zero Discrimination Day World Civil Defence Day Self Injury Awareness Day
3 March	World Wildlife Day World Hearing Day
4 March	National Safety Day Employee Appreciation Day
8 March	International Women’s Day
9 March	No Smoking Day  (Second Wednesday of March)
10 March	CISF Raising Day
10 March	Savitribai Phule Death Anniversary
12 March	Mauritius Day
14 March	Pi Day
14 March	International Day of Action for Rivers
15 March	World Consumer Rights Day
16 March	National Vaccination Day
18 March	Ordnance Factories Day (India)
20 March	International Day of Happiness
20 March	World Sparrow Day
21 March	World Forestry Day
21 March	World Down Syndrome Day
21 March	World Poetry Day
22 March	World Water Day
23 March	World Meteorological Day
23 March	Death Anniversary of Bhagat Singh, RajGuru and Sukhdev
24 March	World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
25 March	International Day of the Unborn Child
25 March	International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
26 March	Purple Day of Epilepsy
27 March	World Theatre Day

List of Important Days and Dates of April

April is the fourth month of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. In the Southern Hemisphere, the month of March is associated with the autumn season in some parts and with spring in some parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

April is named after the Greek goddess Aphrodite.  Let us have a look at the important days in April below.

Dates	Events
1 April	Odisha Foundation Day
1 April	Aprils Fools’ Day
1 April	Prevention of Blindness week
2 April	World Autism Awareness Day
4 April	International Day of Mine Awareness
5 April	National Maritime Day
7 April	World Health Day
10 April	World Homoeopathy Day (WHD)
11 April	National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD)
11 April	National Pet Day
13 April	Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
14 April	B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
17 April	World Haemophilia Day
18 April	World Heritage Day
21 April	National Civil Service Day
22 April	World Earth Day
23 April	World Book and Copyright Day
24 April	National Panchayati Raj Day
25 April	World Malaria Day
26 April	World Intellectual Property Day
28 April	World Day for Safety and Health at Work
30 April	World Veterinary Day

List of Important Days and Dates of May

May is the fifth month of the year.  May 1 itself begins with International Labour Day.  Let us see the other important days and dates in May in the table below:

Dates	Events
1 May	International Labour Day or May Day Maharashtra Day Gujarat Day World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May)
3 May	Press Freedom Day
3 May	World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May)
4 May	Coal Miners Day International Firefighter’s Day
7 May	World Athletics Day
8 May	World Red Cross Day
8 May	World Thalassaemia Day
8 May	Mother’s Day (Second Sunday of May)
9 May	Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
11 May	National Technology Day
12 May	International Nurses Day
15 May	International Day of Families
16 May	Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima
17 May	World Telecommunication Day
17 May	World Hypertension Day
18 May	World AIDS Vaccine Day
18 May	International Museum Day
20 May	National Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May)
21 May	National Anti-Terrorism Day
21 May	Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of the May)
22 May	International Day for Biological Diversity
31 May	National Memorial Day (last Monday of May)
31 May	Anti-Tobacco Day

List of Important Days and Dates of June

June is the 6th month of the year and has 30 days. June is named after the goddess of youth, “Juno”.  Here are the important days and dates in June.

Dates	Events
1st June	World Milk Day Global Parents Day
2nd June	Telangana Formation Day
3rd June	World Bicycle Day
4 June	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 June	World Environment Day
6th June	World Pest Day
7 June	World Food Safety Day
8th June	World ocean day World Brain Tumor Day
9th June	World Accreditation Day
12th June	World day against Child Labour (Anti Child Labor Day)
14th  June	World Blood Donor Day
15th June	Global Wind Day
18th June	International Picnic Day
19th June	National Reading Day
20th June	World Refugee day
21st June (3rd Sunday)	Father’s Day World Music Day International Yoga Day Hydrographic Day
23rd June	United Nation’s public service day
23rd June	International Widow’s day
26th June	International Day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking
27th June	International MSME Day
29th June	National Statistics Day
30th June	International Asteroid Day International Day of Parliamentarism

List of Important Days and Dates of July

 July is the 7th month of the year and has 31 days. July begins with several important days that fall on the first day itself.

The important days and dates of July are listed in the following table.

Dates	Events
1-July	National Doctor’s day
1-July	CA day(national)
1-July	GST Day
4-July	American Independence day
6-July	World Zoonoses Day
11-July	World Population Day
12-July	World Malala day
15-July	Youth Skills Day
17 July	World Day for International Justice
18-July	Nelson Mandela International Day
20-July	International Chess Day
23-July	National Broadcasting Day
26 July	Kargil Vijay Diwas
26 July	National Parent’s Day (Fourth Sunday in July)
28-July	World Hepatitis Day
28-July	World Nature conservation day
29-July	International Tiger Day

List of Important Days and Dates of August

 July is the 8th month of the year and has 31 days. August is named after the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar.

Augustus means “the venerable” ” or “the great” ” Hence the name August in honor of the great emperor. Important days and other days are listed in the table below.

Dates	Events
1st Sunday of August	National Friendship Day
3-August	Independence day of Niger
5-August	Independence day of upper Volta
6-August	Hiroshima Day
9-August	International day of World’s indigenous people
9-August	Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day
12-August	International Youth day
14-August	Independence Day of Pakistan
15-August	Independence Day of India
19-August	World Photography day
20-August	Sadbhavna Diwas
23-August	International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition
29-August	National Sports Day
30-August	Small Industry Day

List of Important Days and Dates of September

September is the 9th month of the year. The September equinox falls on either the 22nd or 23rd of the month.

The September 2023 equinox is on the 23rd of the month. On this day, both the northern and southern hemispheres have equal parts of day and night.

The following table lists important days and dates in September.

Dates	Events
1 September	National Nutrition Week
2 September	World Coconut Day
3 September	Skyscraper Day
5 September	International Day of Charity
5 September	Teachers’ Day (India)
7 September	Brazilian Independence Day
8 September	International Literacy Day
8 September	World Physical Therapy Day
10 September	World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)
11 September	National Forest Martyrs Day
14 September	World First Aid Day
14 September	Hindi Diwas
15 September	Engineer’s Day (India)
15 September	International Day of Democracy
16 September	Malaysia Day
16 September	World Ozone Day
17 September	World Patient Safety Day
18 September	World Bamboo Day
18 September (Third Saturday)	International Red Panda Day
19 September	International Talk Like a Pirate Day
21 September	International Day of Peace (UN)
21 September	World Alzheimer’s Day
22 September	Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)
22 September	World Rhino Day
23 September	International Day of Sign Languages
24 September	World Maritime Day
25 September	World Pharmacists Day
25 September	Antyodaya Diwas
26 September	World Contraception Day
26 September	European Day of Languages
26 September	World Environmental Health Day
26 September (Fourth Sunday)	World Rivers Day
27 September	World Tourism Day
28 September	World Rabies Day
29 September	World Heart Day
30 September	International Translation Day
Starts last week of September and ends on last Sunday of September	Day of Deaf

List of Important Days and Dates of October

 The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar is October, which has 31 days. The term October is derived from the Latin word octo, which means eight.

The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, which began in March, was October. The new year began in January after the Roman Senate changed the calendar in 153 BC, and October was added as the tenth month.

The most important days and dates are listed in the table below.

Dates	Events
1 October	International Day of the Older Persons
1 October	International Coffee Day
1 October	World Vegetarian Day
2 October	Gandhi Jayanti
2 October	International Day of Non-Violence
3 October	German Unity Day
4 October	World Animal Welfare Day
5 October	World Teachers’ Day
6 October	German-American Day
8 October	Indian Air Force Day
9 October	World Postal Day
10 October	World Mental Health Day
11 October	International Day of the Girl Child
13 October	International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
14 October	World Standards Day
15 October	Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
15 October	Global Handwashing Day
15 October	World White Cane Day
15 October	World Students’ Day
16 October	World Food Day
16 October	World Spine Day
16 October	Boss Day
16 October	World Anaesthesia Day
17 October	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20 October	World Statistics Day
23 October	Mole Day
24 October	United Nations Day
24 October	World Development Information Day
30 October	World Thrift Day
31 October	Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day
	Halloween Day

List of Important Days and Dates of November

November has a number of important days and dates. The term November is derived from the Latin word for nine, which means novem.

Important days in November have a significant historical event that falls on certain dates that are celebrated to raise awareness among the masses.

The table below lists the important days in November.

Dates	Events
1 November	World Vegan Day
1 November	All Saints’ Day
1 November	Rajyotsava Day (Karnataka Formation Day)
2 November	All Souls’ Day
1st Tuesday in November (In 2021, it falls on 2 November)	Melbourne Cup Day
5 November	World Tsunami Awareness Day
6 November	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
7 November	Infant Protection Day
7 November	National Cancer Awareness Day
9 November	Iqbal Day
9 November	Legal Services Day
10 November	World Science Day for Peace and Development
11 November	Armistice Day (Remembrance Day)
11 November	National Education Day
11 November	World Usability Day (Second Thursday in November)
12 November	World Pneumonia Day
12 November	Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth Anniversary
13 November	World Kindness Day
14 November	World Diabetes Day
14 November	Children’s Day
16 November	International Day for Tolerance
17 November	National Epilepsy Day
19 November	International Men’s Day
19 November	World Toilet Day
20 November	Universal Children’s Day
20 November	Africa Industrialization Day
21 November	World Television Day
21 November	World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
25 November	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
26 November	Constitution Day of India
29 November	International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
30 November	Saint Andrew’s Day

List of Important Days and Dates of December

December is the 12th and last month of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. December 21 or 22 is the winter solstice with the longest night. 

Below are the important days and dates of December.

Dates	Events
1 December	World AIDS Day
2 December	National Pollution Control Day
2 December	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 December	World Day of the Handicapped
4 December	Indian Navy Day
5 December	International Volunteer Day
5 December	World Soil Day
7 December	Armed Forces Flag Day
7 December	International Civil Aviation Day
9 December	International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December	Human Rights Day
11 December	International Mountain Day
14 December	National Energy Conservation Day
16 December	Vijay Diwas
18 December	Minorities Rights Day in India
18 December	International Migrants Day
19 December	Goa’s Liberation Day
20 December	International Human Solidarity Day
22 December	National Mathematics Day
23 December	Kisan Diwas
24 December	National Consumer Rights Day
25 December	Christmas Day
25 December	National Good Governance Day in memory of Atal Vihari Vajpayee Birthday
31 December	New Year’s Eve

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